Even after this time, Aldburg remained important. With the royal courts now at Edoras, it fell to Brego's youngest son Eofor to become Aldburg's lord. It was claimed that Eofor's line continued unbroken down into the Fourth Age, and that he was a direct ancestor of Éomund of Aldburg, and hence of Éomund's son Éomer and the Kings of the third line.

Notes

1

Aldburg was the original capital of Rohan, so it must have been built soon after the founding of that land in III 2510.

2

It seems odd that the Rohirrim would choose to name their new capital 'old fortress'. This might imply that they founded it on the site of some older Gondorian settlement, or it may be that the name was changed at some point in history. Given that this was the original seat of Rohan'sKings, the name may have been changed when Eorl's son Brego removed to Edoras, to reflect Aldburg's status as the former capital.

3

We're never told the precise position of Aldburg, but we do know that it stood on a hill, and that it lay within the area known as the Folde. The location shown on the map above seems to be the only possibility that matches those established facts.